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nVidia vs AMD. Purchase History GTX770 by Gigabyte.

nVidia vs AMD. Purchase History GTX770 by Gigabyte.

Hello everyone! My new stationary PCs Intel Haswell, which I collected in November 2013, demanded its logical conclusion – a full-fledged 3D accelerator. By the new year, I planned to buy it …

Note! This article about the history of choosing and buying a video card and not meant to be a comprehensive review. So, the future of graphics solutions that will work in tandem with i5-4670k were filed…

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How to: Difference between getContext() , getApplicationContext() , getBaseContext() and "this"

Difference between getContext() , getApplicationContext() , getBaseContext() and "this"

What is the difference between getContext() , getApplicationContext() , getBaseContext() , and “this“? Though this is simple question I am unable to understand the basic difference between them. Please give some easy examples if possible.

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Fixed Android - what's the difference between the various methods to get a Context? #dev #it #asnwer

Fixed Android – what's the difference between the various methods to get a Context? #dev #it #asnwer

Android – what’s the difference between the various methods to get a Context?

In various bits of Android code I’ve seen:

public class MyActivity extends Activity { public void method() { mContext = this; // since Activity extends Context mContext = getApplicationContext(); mContext = getBaseContext(); } }

However I can’t find any decent explanation of which is preferable, and under what…

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Fixed getApplication() vs. getApplicationContext() #dev #it #asnwer

Fixed getApplication() vs. getApplicationContext() #dev #it #asnwer

getApplication() vs. getApplicationContext()

I couldn’t find a satisfying answer to this, so here we go: what’s the deal with Activity/Service.getApplication() and Context.getApplicationContext()?

In our application, both return the same object. In an ActivityTestCase however, mocking the application will make getApplication() come back with the mock, but getApplicationContextwill still return a…

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Fixed Using Application context everywhere? #dev #it #asnwer

Fixed Using Application context everywhere? #dev #it #asnwer

Using Application context everywhere?

In an Android app, is there anything wrong with the following approach:

public class MyApp extends android.app.Application { private static MyApp instance; public MyApp() { instance = this; } public static Context getContext() { return instance; } }

and pass it everywhere (e.g. SQLiteOpenHelper) where context is required (and not leaking of course)?

Answer:…

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Fixed What's "tools:context" in Android layout files? #dev #it #asnwer

Fixed What's "tools:context" in Android layout files? #dev #it #asnwer

What’s "tools:context" in Android layout files?

Starting with a recent new version of ADT, I’ve noticed this new attribute on the layout XML files, for example:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"…

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How to: Android - what's the difference between the various methods to get a Context?

How to: Android – what's the difference between the various methods to get a Context?

Android – what’s the difference between the various methods to get a Context?

In various bits of Android code I’ve seen:

public class MyActivity extends Activity { public void method() { mContext = this; // since Activity extends Context mContext = getApplicationContext(); mContext = getBaseContext(); } }

However I can’t find any decent explanation of which is preferable, and under what…

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How to: getApplication() vs. getApplicationContext()

getApplication() vs. getApplicationContext()

I couldn’t find a satisfying answer to this, so here we go: what’s the deal with Activity/Service.getApplication() and Context.getApplicationContext()?

In our application, both return the same object. In an ActivityTestCase however, mocking the application will make getApplication() come back with the mock, but getApplicationContextwill still return a…

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